Improvement in bung-extractors



A. BAY LER.

, BUNG-EXTRACTOR. No.182,402, I Patented Sept. 19, 1876.

.FETERS. PhoTO-LITHOGHAPMER, WASHINGTUN. D. C.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH BAYLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JO HN TRAGESER, OF

' SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUNG-EXTRACTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,402, datedSeptember 19, 1876; application filed July 26, 1876.

length, a ring, A, is hinged, shaped in such a manner that the innerside, near the bottom, will form a sharp edge, as shown at as, Fig. II,capable of engaging the side of the bung. Below the lever B a lever, O,is arranged, at-

, tached to said lever B by means of a band, D,

fitting loosely around the lever B, capable of allowing a slightoscillating motion to the lever-O. The forward end n of this lever G isprovided with a circular cavity, forming a claw, while the after end mis bent inward, forming a point to engage into the teeth 12,

provided on the under side of the bar B. 7

By the arrangement of the movable lever O, capable of sliding easilyon'the under side of the lever B, the opening between the end of thering A and the end n of this lever O can readily be increased ordiminished to accommodate any size of bung, While the engagement of the'point m on the after end of the lever G into one of the notches orteeth 1:, as soon as the lever begins to operate on the bung, willprevent the moving back of said le- Ver 0, and insures a firm grip uponthe bung between the edge a; of the ring A and the forward end a of thislever G, the action of these teeth 11 against the lever O causing theend of this lever to be pressed tight against the side of the bung.

To extract a bung with this tool, the ring A is passed over the bung sothat the pointed edge a: of said ring engages one side of the bung. Thelever U is'then moved on the bar B until the claw it acts on theopposite side of the bung. The bung being thus held fast between theedge e of the ring A and the claw n of the lever O, the pressing down ofthe bar B will extract the same. The raised part w on the under side ofthe lever G acting as a fulcrum during this operation, while the actionof the pointed end m of the lever G into one of the teeth 22 at theunder side of the bar B prevents the moving of said lever 0.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Ihe bar B, provided with teeth 1; at its lower surface, and a hingedring, A, in combination with the lever 0,,having a circular cavity orclaw, n, at one end and a pointed projection, m, at its other end,fitting into the teeth '0, the whole being constructed and operating inthe manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

ADOLPH BAYLER. Witnesses:

HENRY E. RoEDEa, S. A. EMANUEL.

